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Patented Jan. 22, 1918.

l ITE @TATE Prkfllldld CHARLES E. HAUSER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORTO REDING' Se HAUSER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A PARTNERSHIP CONSISTING OFLOUIS M. REDING AND SAID CHARLES E. I-IATJ'SER.

BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 191%.

To all 'Lo/tom it may concern: f

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HAUSER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Binders, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspeciication.

My invention relates to binders and has for its object the provision ofan improved binder into which books of varying thicknesses or foldedleaves may be inserted and held in place. My invention has for itsobject to provide a simple structure of this nature which however shallbe strong and which shall accurately hold the inserted documents orbooks in position.

I will explain one form of carrying out my invention more in detail byreferring to the accompanying drawing illustrating the same, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cover with my improved bindermechanism in position;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 8, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view along line 3 of Fig. l with a book shown inthe binder.

My improved device is shown in coperation with a back 10 having` thesides 11, l1 hinged thereto, thus forming a cover. The binder attachmentis held in place in the cover preferably through the agency of suitablecloth or material 12 forming part of the cover which encircles the baseplate 13 of the binder. This base plate is turned up at the extremitiesto form brackets 11, 15, the whole being suitably held by means of thematerial 12 as stated. The brackets 11 and 15 have holes 16, 16 and 17,17 respectively. The bracket 14 has two holders 18 and 19 mounted in theholes 16 preferably by having these members 18 and 19 looped through theholes as shown at 20. This provides a pivotal mounting for the holders18 and 19 which is of utility in the particular form of carrying out theinvention as here shown. These holders 18 and 19 are flexible so thatthey may be bent into the dotted position shown in Fig. 3. Normallythese holders project through the holes 17, 17. These holders likewisecarry finger pieces 21, 21 so that these holders may be more readilybent into the position of Fig. 3 when inserting books, periodicals orother folded leaves as occasion may require.

`In order to insert a book the particular holder 18 or 19 is bent so asto withdraw it from the hole 17, whereupon the book 22 is insertedagainst the back and the holder again restored to its position with itseX- tremity projecting through the hole 17. The pull of the book is ofcourse strongest at the extremities of the holders 18 and 19 and thusthis pull comes where these holders are very securely held by thebrackets 14 and 15. The arrangement is such that the number of holderscan be increased or decreased as the occasion requires, these holdersbeing very thin, not requiring any great thickness to perform theirfunctions in view of the fact that the greatest strain comes at theextremities of these holders near the points where they are held by thebrackets. Thus a great number of independent booklets, periodicals orleaflets may be inserted and independently held by one of the holdersprovided therefor.

rlhe holder of course likewise is of great use in connection withholding such books as telephone directories in the back, these telephonedirectories frequently having a thickness of one inch or more. Withbooks of this nature it is desirable to have more than one holder tocoperate in securing the book in position in the cover, thus avoidingundue strains on the binder and maintaining the book in bettercondition.

In the claims I have used the word book or books to indicate any articlewhich may be held in place by the binder.

From what has been thus described the nature of my invention will bereadily clear to those skilled in the art, as will also its variousmodifications and uses, within the scope of the appended claims. Havinghowever thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a cover, means forremovably mounting a book in said cover, said means including a pair ofsupports and resilient holders mounted upon one of said supports andloosely held in the other support, said holders being adapted by bendingto be disengaged from and associated with said last aforesaid support,and finger pieces slidably mounted on said holders whereby they may bereleased from said support. i

2. A device of the character described comprising a cover, means forremovably mounting a book in said cover, said means including a pair ofsupports and resilient holders swingingly mounted upon one ot saidsupports and loosely held in the other support, said holders beingadapted by bending to be disengaged from and associated with said lastaforesaid support, and linger pieces slidably mounted on said holdersAwhereby they may be released from said support.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe i5 my name this 20th day ofSeptember, A. D., 1916.

CHARLES E. HAUSER.

Witnesses:

LIONEL G. THORsNnss, Jol-IN J. MOSER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

